Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 500-900 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 550-750 lbs. sold 2.00-7.00 higher, 850-950 lbs. heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Many load lots in todays offering. With the open winter many of the feeder cattle are putting on extra flesh, buyers buy accordingly to flesh amount. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 30th, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.48/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −129.28 against this barn's trailing median of $482.76.

Average price

$353.48

270 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$22.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.66

vs SD average

+12.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	357.53	1,963	222
Medium and Large 1-2	551	334.72	1,844	48

One grade step is worth $22.81/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $442.27, median $482.76 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale270 hd

353.48

—

SD average8 barns · 2,831 hd

350.82

+2.66

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+12.54

This barn, trailing median17 sales

482.76

−129.28

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	391.21/cwt	380.00–409.00	1,862	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	247.70/cwt	247.00–248.00	2,051	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	242.51/cwt	240.00–246.50	2,224	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	338.44/cwt	332.00–342.50	1,587	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,218	104
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	281.52/cwt	266.00–288.75	2,308	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	265.14/cwt	263.00–267.50	1,803	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	286.65/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,806	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,956	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	276.59/cwt	256.00–280.00	1,969	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	314.42/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,833	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	286.48/cwt	279.00–307.50	1,934	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	309.57/cwt	309.00–311.00	1,619	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	269.59/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,965	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	311.48/cwt	311.00–312.00	1,950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,198	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	941	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,164	26
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,675	39
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	2,548	29
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,475	60
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	243.78/cwt	233.00–244.50	2,533	64
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,337	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	250.20/cwt	248.00–258.00	2,164	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,985	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	699	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,796	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	792	268.97/cwt	266.50–271.00	2,130	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	280.39/cwt	279.50–286.00	2,069	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	627	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	379.48/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,620	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	372.33/cwt	350.00–397.50	1,731	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	266.17/cwt	251.00–276.50	2,356	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	449.19/cwt	440.00–457.50	1,662	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	311.84/cwt	300.00–319.00	2,086	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	257.55/cwt	255.00–260.50	2,029	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	341.86/cwt	330.00–352.00	1,952	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	266.22/cwt	253.00–272.00	2,417	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	294.59/cwt	288.00–307.00	2,151	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	373.21/cwt	365.00–374.00	1,967	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	260.41/cwt	251.50–262.50	2,526	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,473	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	298.80/cwt	287.00–309.00	1,891	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	291.39/cwt	271.00–297.50	2,241	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	313.35/cwt	304.00–323.00	1,814	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	323.67/cwt	316.00–333.00	2,033	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	322.66/cwt	315.00–336.00	1,688	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	351.90/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,844	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	284.84/cwt	272.00–299.50	1,908	54

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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